It’s not pitiful to think of Swedish meatballs. That’s one of the things we are really proud of and you can find meatballs almost everywhere. But the home mades are the best. Along with meatballs comes another Swedish speciality, lingonberry jam. That’s one of my favorites.

As a 100% Swedish-American, I’ve been hearing stories about Sweden all my life. I think of Lutefisk at Christmas, Krumkakke (although they may be Norwegian) cross-country skiing, blonde hair, blue eyes, and intelligent, mannerly people. But then, we should never generalize!